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Ahmed Tahoun
Researcher at London Business School
Publications - 39
Citations - 1905
Ahmed Tahoun is an academic researcher from London Business School. The author has contributed to research in topics: Earnings & Political risk. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 39 publications receiving 1353 citations. Previous affiliations of Ahmed Tahoun include University of Manchester.
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Firm-Level Political Risk: Measurement and Effects
TL;DR: In this article, the authors adapt simple tools from computational linguistics to construct a new measure of political risk faced by individual US firms: the share of their quarterly earnings conference calls that they devote to political risks.
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Firm-Level Exposure to Epidemic Diseases: Covid-19, SARS, and H1N1
TL;DR: Hassan et al. as mentioned in this paper developed text-based measures of the costs, benefits, and risks listed firms in the US and over 80 other countries associate with the spread of Covid-19 and other epidemic diseases.
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The Role of Stock Ownership by US Members of Congress on the Market for Political Favors
TL;DR: This article examined whether stock ownership by politicians helps to enforce non-contractible quid pro quo relations with firms and found that the ownership by US Congress members in firms contributing to their election campaigns is higher than in non-contributors.
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The Power of the Street: Evidence from Egypt’s Arab Spring
TL;DR: This article found that more intense protests are associated with lower stock market valuations for firms connected to the group currently in power relative to non-connected firms, but have no impact on the relative valuations of firms connected with rival groups.
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The role of stock ownership by US members of Congress on the market for political favors
TL;DR: The authors examined whether stock ownership by politicians helps to enforce non-contractible quid pro quo relations with firms and found that the ownership by US Congress members in firms contributing to their election campaigns is higher than in non-contributors.